All Broadcast articles in 28 October 2011
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Greenlight round-up: ITV stocks up new commissions
ITV has had a busy week commissioning a raft of new programmes including a ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark-style’ game show.
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ITV snatches French Open tennis rights from BBC
ITV has secured the free-to-air rights to broadcast the French Open tennis tournament - previously held by the BBC for more than 20 years.
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Ben Cooper named Radio 1 and 1Xtra boss
Ben Cooper has been named the new controller of BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra, replacing Andy Parfitt.
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Foundry launches Katana
The Foundry has release Katana, its new look development and lighting tool.
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Amberfin's Devlin given SMPTE award
The Society of Motion Pictures and Television Engineers (SMPTE) has awarded Amberfin chief technology officer Bruce Devlin the David Sarnoff Gold Medal Award.
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Sky Go passes 100m views
Sky Go has served more than 100 million content views since it launched in July, with the average number per month approaching that achieved by Channel 4’s 4oD.
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ITV looking to sell products on-demand
ITV looks set to integrate a retail proposition with its video-on-demand service as it hunts for an e-commerce manager with FMCG experience.
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High Court judge strikes out Top Gear suit
A High Court judge has struck out a law suit against BBC2 programme Top Gear, which had been brought against it by electric car manufacturer Tesla.
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Sky's Darroch paid £2.7m as profits hit £1bn
Sky’s chief executive officer Jeremy Darroch is on track to take home a basic salary of £935,000 next year, having earned £2.7m including bonuses this year.
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Comment
Coming alive outside the M25
Our recent appointment of Jon Mountague to head our office in Manchester is at the forefront of our efforts to expand production, but more importantly development, outside the M25, writes DLT Entertainment boss Don Taffner Jr.
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C4’s Allan re-jigs sales team
Channel 4’s new sales director Jonathan Allan has restructured his team to create six new teams scrapping the previous structure.
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Bacon admits self-censorship due to BBC concerns
Broadcaster Richard Bacon has said he often self-censors as a result of nervousness around causing offence at the BBC.
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C5 lines up "surprise wedding" show
The makers of BBC3’s Don’t Tell the Bride are developing a new “surprise wedding” format for Channel 5.
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Youview marketing/PR team made redundant
Youview is to lose its PR and marketing team, including marketing director Tim Hunt, after opting to make the entire division redundant.
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Ratings
Merlin conjures up 1.5m boost
BBC1 fantasy drama Merlin has been growing its audience in the face of stiff competition – a figure boosted by more than 1.5m recording and watching through PVRs.
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Ratings
Genre Overview
Browse the top ten children’s, factual, drama, entertainment, sport and current affairs programmes from 17-23 October.
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Demographic Focus
Explore the ratings breakdown demographically across the main terrestrial and multichannel broadcasters for 17-23 October.
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Top 30 multichannel programmes
Find out the top 30 multichannel programmes for 17-23 October as well as the share of viewing across digital homes.
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Top 30 BBC2, Channel 4, Channel 5
Find out the top 30 programmes on BBC2, Channel 4 and Channel 5 from 17-23 October as well as the performance of all the terrestrials across week 42.
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Top 100 network programmes
Find out who topped the ratings league table for network programming from 17-23 October and browse the top 100